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Police Arrest 331 Cattle Rustlers, Rescue 4088 animals
- Skid
- Mar 11, 2016
- 1 min read
The Police in Katsina State have arrested no fewer than 331 suspected cattle rustlers and recovered 4,088 animals in the state between January and February 2016.
Alhaji Usman Abdullahi, the Commissioner of Police in the state, disclosed this in Katsina on Thursday during a news conference.
He said 318 suspects were charged to court, while 100 were convicted during the period under review.
Abdullahi said 3,009 out of the 4,088 animals had been handed over to their owners.
According to him, this is made possible through the efforts of the joint security patrol team under “operation sharar-daji.”
He said two AK 47 rifles, two pistols and some ammunition and other dangerous weapons were recovered from the suspects.
